Tips to Maintain Your Swimming Pool

Tips to Maintain Your Swimming Pool

Do you own an outdoor swimming pool where you spend most of your summertime hanging with out with friends and family? Do you maintain it as needed or as instructed by the store when you bought the pool? If not, then here is a blog that will help you out! Pool cleaning isn’t that difficult even if it looks a bit daunting. But with the right knowledge and expertise, cleaning and maintaining your pool can become an easy job. How? Read on.

Skim
out the debris and clean the filters – One of the easiest ways to
keep your pool clean is to skim the surface from the debris and or
dead leaves. Don’t ignore the floating debris as it will soon sink
and it will become to remove it. Use a long-handled net called a
hand skimmer or leaf skimmer to remove leaves, bugs, and other
unwanted items.

Clean
out the filters – At least once a week, clean out the strainer
basket to help circulation and lower chlorine demands. Simple remove
the plastic basket and shake it out. You can also spray the inside
with a hose to dislodge stubborn objects.

Vacuum
the pool and brush the walls – In order to keep the water clear,
you need to reduce the number of chemicals that you usually use
that’s why you should opt for vacuuming. For manual design pools,
work it back and forth all over the surface of the pool same as you
would do for a carpet. Don’t forget to check the filter every time
you vacuum!

Test
your pool water – In order to keep your pool healthy that one
could swim in, remember to check the chemical levels once a week.
Backwash the filter before you carry out the tests. If you don’t
know, have a professional test it for you.

Have
the heater serviced – Normally, a pool heater requires less
maintenance than all other equipment in a pool. If you are someone
who does not like to maintain heaters and all that, then gas heaters
can work totally fine without being serviced for a couple of years
and electric ones last even longer. If you have doubts, then consult
your manufacturer’s manual for specific care and instructions. If
your heater does not work, then take the help of a professional as
they will know better what the problem is and where it lies.

Check and maintain the water level – With constant exiting, swimming, and splashing in the pool, there is a lot of water wastage throughout the swimming season. Do check the water level every week in order to be sure that it does not fall under the skimmer level.

Check
for leaks and repairs – It is quite common that there is a leak
that is unknown to you. You can find out the leak by taking out a
bucket of water from the pool to know if there’s any leak or not.